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Pennsylvania woman abandoned in Burger King as a newborn reunites with birth mother

Katheryn Deprill

FILE - This March 2, 2014, file photo, provided by Katheryn Deprill that she posted on Facebook, shows Deprill holding a sign that says she is seeking her birth mother. Deprill was abandoned in the bathroom of a Burger King restaurant in Allentown, Pa., when she was a few hours old. Deprill tells The Associated Press that she met her biological mother for the first time Monday, March 24, 2014, in an attorney’s office. Deprill said Tuesday that she felt “pure joy” and that it was like “looking in a mirror.” (AP Photo/Courtesy of Katheryn Deprill, File)

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania -- Katheryn Deprill of South Whitehall Township, Pa., launched an online campaign to find her long-lost birth mother earlier this month. The viral post made national news, and now it appears her efforts worked.

Deprill was found abandoned in the bathroom of a Burger King when she was just hours old on Sept. 15, 1986. Now, at 27 years old and with a family of her own, she wanted to meet her mother and learn more of the mystery. She posted a Facebook photo on March 2 in which she’s holding a sign pleading for her mother to contact her.

The post went viral and now media outlets are reporting Deprill met her birth mother in a lawyer’s office in Allentown, Pa., Monday afternoon. She did not identify her mother but told media it was a “very loving” meeting.

Attorney John Waldron told WFMZ-TV it was a happy and emotional thing to witness.

Some question’s about Deprill’s past are already coming to light. Waldron said her mother claimed she became pregnant through rape and gave birth at age 17. She said she decided abortion was not an option and did not go to a hospital out of fear of being questioned.

"She left me somewhere she knew I'd be found. She did not want to throw me away,” Deprill said.

Her mother claimed she already wanted to find out what happened to her, and the Facebook post and national media attention helped make it happen.